Crucifixion in Antiquity

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Crucifixion in Antiquity
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Book excerpt: Gunnar Samuelsson questions our textual basis for our knowledge about the death of Jesus. As a matter of fact, the New Testament texts offer only a brief description of the punishment that has influenced a whole world.


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